I spent a few weeks cleaning out the attic of hundreds of bricks and piles of lumber, along with a lot of junk. I also pulled up several of the planks on he floor so I could bring someone to blow in insulation under the floor. When the heating contractor came in I made sure they kept all of the duct work around the edges and/or off the floor.

I had some heat here and there left over from the apartment days, but much of the house was an icebox during the winter. The bricks were from earthquake damaged chimneys. That was a lot of work to get them down two flights of stairs and in to the attic.